Aphorisms.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1629, 5 October 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

Aphorisms.

The love o! money in the root of &11 evil. Flattery is a eovt of bad. money to which our vanity gives currency. Fools with bockish knowledge are children with edged weapons ; they hurt "themselves, and put othero in paic. The half-learned i 3 more dangerous than the simpleton. In all evils which admit a .remedy, impatience should be avoided, because it wastes that time and attention in ocmpl&int^which, if properly applied, might remoVe the cause,

Socie of tha problems in the subjoined lifct, from an: exchange, have long ago been satisfactory solved, and Gome never will reach their solution while the world lives, but the series is an ingenious one, and wo give it full space : Tall mi, ye learned heads (if such thero be), — | i ftatura'^a proEound and sooiGt myfiturv ; * Hot? &5s vasi orb on unseen ax\ea tuzß3, . ! ! And unoossurned the sun forever burns; What unknown po^ex gives it Bach heat and forca, ! Orders i;s motion and directs its course ; | How Bngry tempests drive the seas io shore, Boat tbe vast swelling waves, and make thcni roar ; i When waves, like mighty islands, rise and Bweil, How fish beneath those moving mountains dwell; Why servile springs do constant tribute \ pay Unto their arbitrary raonaroh, eea ; How in the hidden space of fate'a dark' womb, j Things aro at present laid that are to come ; j Next, tha mysterious birth of flowers dia- j olose, j From the field daisy to the garden rose ; j Why such a painted coat tha tnlip wears, Or why in red the blushing rose nppears ; Why clad in white the gentle lily's seen, And how the ecent comes from the jassa- j mine; . i Why humble olrawbsrrioa creep along tho ground, Acd why the apple strata and icokß bo | round ; | Why ivy eliugs to the oaks hardened Antl why tha elm by loving vine'd crnW&cec! ; Why naiura did for fehca ac&les prepare, And olotho some beasts iv wool and Borne in heir ; Why golden feaihera do tha fov?la adorn, And why they chirp "and ei^h beneath ths morn ; And why all these aro clfEtined to msiufcaia The Ecvereiga lord of ail the crc&tures, man.